Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Loan transaction - Capacity to advance loan - As per Income tax return declared income was not sufficient to give loan of Rs.3 lakhs - Defence raised by accused satisfies the standard of `preponderance of probability' - Judgment of acquittal passed by trial Court confirmed and judgment of conviction by..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Cheque return memo - Cannot be said to have been proved without examining Bank official/clerk - Complaint against accused remains unproved - Acquittal upheld...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 145 -- Dishonour of cheque - Quashing of summoning order - Accused summoned on the basis of affidavit of power of attorney holder - Power of attorney not witnessed transaction or possess due knowledge regarding said transaction - Power of attorney could not depose and verify on oath - Order taking cognizance set aside - Matter..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 147 -- Dishonour of cheque - Compounding of offence - Accused already handed over amount ordered to be paid by Court to complainant - Offence in question liable to be compounded - Conviction and sentence set aside - Accused acquitted...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 145(2) -- Dishonour of cheque - Cross-examination of complainant - Accused has no probable defence for which complainant must be recalled and he must be granted leave to cross-examine complainant - Merely vague statements have been made in application to somehow try and fit the case within scope of S.145(2) of N.I.Act -..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 -- Dishonour of cheque - Amendment of complaint - Amendment sought to change the name of accused from "Managing Director, ABC Ltd....." to "ABC Ltd... through Managing Director..." - Order allowing amendment upheld...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 87 -- Dishonour of cheque - Change in year of cheque - Alteration without consent of party to the negotiable instrument makes instrument void against anyone who is party to such a negotiable instrument at the time of making such alteration - However, where alterations are made in the cheque and drawer signs over it, that would..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 87 -- Dishonour of cheque - Change in year of cheque - Signature of accused over date column - Accused never denied his signature above the date column of cheque - Trial Court rightly observed that accused acknowledged correction of the date i.e. year of cheque - Alteration does not disentitle complainant from negotiating the..........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 427 -- Dishonour of cheque - Conviction in 2 cases - Concurrent running of sentences - Accused convicted in two cases for offence u/s 138 of the Act - Sentences passed in two cases ordered to run concurrently...........
Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, 142 -- Dishonour of cheque - Jurisdiction - Cheque presented and dishonoured at place `B' - Compliant filed at place `T' - Offence u/s 138 of the Act can be tried by Court within whose jurisdiction the branch of the bank where payee maintains the account is situated, if cheque is delivered through an account - Cognizance taken..........
